Interested in knowing what the Ancient Christian Church believed and why?
Beginning Sept. 14th, every Tuesday evening after Vespers (6pm) we will have a half-hour to one-hour class on introductory topics concerning what the Ancient Church believed and how it continues those beliefs today. Topics will include the development of the Liturgy, the canon of the scriptures, moral and ethical issues, iconography and stewardship. We hope that you will join us for what should be interesting discussions on the Orthodox Church!
Congratulations to those with names-days this month: Seraphima, Elliana, Lynne, Christina, Salome, and Max! Many years!
Confessions are heard at most Saturday Vespers or by appointment. Appointments can be made to give confession at Fr. George's house if it is more convenient.
All Ye His Saints - Recent Posts
Our Mission:
To live under the authority and in the embrace of the Holy Orthodox Church, in sacramental fellowship, loving God and our neighbor, fulfilling the Gospel of Christ.
"If we live as people of God, there will be room for all nations in the Balkans and in the world. If we liken ourselves to Cain who killed his brother Abel, then the entire earth will be too small even for two people. The Lord Jesus Christ teaches us to be always children of God and love one another. We should remember the words of St. Paul: "If it be possible, as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men."
The Late Patriarch Pavle of the Serbian Orthodox Church
With pastoral blessings by The Right Reverend Maxim, Bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America.
"At first we were confused. The East thought that we were West, while the West considered us to be East. Some of us misunderstood our place in the clash of currents, so they cried that we belong to neither side, and others that we belong exclusively to one side or the other. But I tell you, Ireneus, we are doomed by fate to be the East in the West and the West in the East, to acknowledge only heavenly Jerusalem beyond us, and here on earth--no one"
St. Sava to Ireneus, 13th century
The Orthodox Way of Life
"Orthodoxy is not merely a ritual, or belief, or pattern of behavior, or anything else that a man may possess, thinking that he is thereby a Christian, and still be spiritually dead; it is rather an ELEMENTAL REALITY OR POWER which transforms a man and gives him the strength to live in the most difficult and tormenting condition, and prepares him to depart with peace into eternal life. The essence of the true Orthodox life is GODLINESS or piety, which is, in definition of St. Nectarius of Optina, based on the etymology of the word, "holding what is God's in honor." This is deeper than mere right doctrine; it is the entrance of God into every aspect of life, life lived in trembling and fear of God. Such an attitude produces the Orthodox WAY OF LIFE which is not merely the outward customs or behavior that characterizes Orthodox Christians, but the whole of the conscious spiritual struggle of the man for whom the Church and its laws are the center of everything he does and thinks. The shared, conscious experience of this way of life, centered on the daily Divine services, produces the genuine Orthodox community, with its feeling of lightness, joy and inward quietness."
